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in preparation for joining nacs charging standards, us-standard kia ev6 and ev9 models come with free charging adapters

2024-10-06

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starting from january 15, 2025, kia’s pure electric vehicles will be able to use tesla’s more than 16,500 super fast charging stations in north america. to prepare for this day, kia said that it will be sold in the u.s. market starting from september 6. the 2024 or 2025 ev9 car series and the 2024 ev6 car series will receive free charging adapters, but the free charging adapters are not expected to start shipping until early 2025. the main reason is that tesla’s north american supercharging stations will be open for kia models starting in mid-january 2025.

however, us-standard kia pure electric vehicles sold before september 2024 include ev6, ev9 and niro ev models. if consumers want to start using tesla super fast charging stations in january 2025, they must you need to purchase the original charging adapter by yourself, but the original manufacturer did not quote the price of kia's original charging adapter.

in addition, depending on the model specifications, kia is expected to provide three different forms of original charging adapters, including nacs north american charging standard to ccs1 fast charging adapter, ccs1 to nacs north american charging standard fast charging adapter, and j1772 to nacs the north american charging specification slow charging adapter can be used for new kia models that adopt the nacs north american charging specification, as well as existing kia models that adopt the ccs1 fast charging specification.

in order to cope with the opening of tesla's north american super fast charging stations for kia's pure electric vehicles in 2025, kia also expects to launch the facelifted ev6 series in the u.s. market in the future, equipped with nacs north american charging specifications for the first time, and the new ev9 car series will also gradually join the nacs north american charging standard, and will be provided with a nacs north american charging standard to ccs1 adapter to provide more diversified charging options and enhance the convenience of use.